2025
The Unexpected
Our 2025 festival theme was "The Unexpected.” It explores how music, film, and art can spark positive change, community resilience, and connection, particularly in the context of navigating, healing, and moving forward together, in the wake of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.
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Third Room, Asheville
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A King Like Me - award-winning documentary film screening, with director Matthew O. Henderson Q+A
The Bibi Files - documentary film screeening, with Q+A
They Will Call You Back, with Tim Z. Hernandez - author fireside chat
Paddling the Same Canoe - interactive multi-artist installation
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A King Like Me
The Bibi Files
Talent
Matthew O. Henderson
Marie T. Cochran
Charly Louise
Drew Magratten
Tim Z. Hernandez
Kim Roney
Jennifer Germaine
Sharon Oxendine
John Hornsby
Keynon Lake
Liz Cox
Elliot Mittens
Sheri Keller
Dawn Blagrove
Craig White
Normando Ismay
Iz Web
Elizabeth Garland
Highlights
2025 Films
